The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the federal government lacked jurisdiction to bring criminal charges against three men accused of manslaughter for the fatal sinking of a duck boat on Table Rock Lake.
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After a tortuous path that involved two trips to the Court of Appeals, a woman injured in a car accident will retain the modest award she won at her second trial.
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As he was formally sworn in on May 30, St. Louis Circuit Attorney Gabriel Gore vowed to tackle the “violent crime crisis” in St. Louis while rebuilding trust in his office.
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The Missouri Supreme Court is weighing the point at which a child’s repeated absences from school can add up to a jail sentence for the parent.
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The Missouri Court of Appeals Southern District ruled that a man who refused to take a blood alcohol content test from the federal officer who pulled him over can still lose his driver’s license.
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The Missouri Supreme Court ruled that an electrician cannot bring a retaliation suit against a company he alleges refused to rehire him after he filed a workers’ compensation claim against it.
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As she delivered the keynote address at the 25th annual Women’s Justice Awards, Barbara Wallace wondered why it seems appropriate to refer to female judges on television by their first names.
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The former police chief of a small Missouri town is still owed $315,000 in damages due to an unlawful termination, but his judgment against an alderman who helped oust him was reversed by the Missouri Court of Appeals Western District.
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The Missouri Supreme Court on May 16 shot down a presiding judge’s attempt to hold one of his circuit’s clerks in contempt for failing to prepare a spreadsheet to his liking.
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The Missouri Court of Appeals Western District on May 16 affirmed a $13 million verdict for the family of a man crushed to death by the cab of a machine he was attempting to repair.
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A business hit with a $44.6M judgment after a man was injured on its property can’t sue its insurance broker because it never suffered any damages from the broker’s alleged mistakes, the Court of Appeals Western District ruled.
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